NBS BENEFIT #54: RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED LAND

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Brownfield sites are contaminated lands that contain known or suspected hazardous chemicals or pollutants from prior land use activities. Previous land uses of brownfields include gas stations, dry cleaning businesses, factories, steel mills, mines, refineries, and landfills. These sites are typically vacant and unused but have potential for reclamation and redevelopment. Brownfield remediation projects create …

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NBS BENEFIT #50: ECONOMIC BENEFITS

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Weather-related disasters cause billions of dollars in damages. Costs include insurance, property damage and loss, asset losses, business interruption, energy use, infrastructure damage, lost crops, livestock, and timber, and emergency response. Other consequences are lost lives, jobs, food security, property, and damaged ecosystems, as well as health issues, poor air and water quality, and loss …

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NBS BENEFIT #49: IMPROVED GROUNDWATER QUALITY

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People around the world rely on groundwater for irrigation and consumption, but it can be contaminated with heavy metals, fuel, sewage, fertilizers, and pesticides due to human activities, including landfills, urban stormwater, sewer leaks, fuel spills, agriculture, animal husbandry, land clearing, and resource extraction. Groundwater contamination can have negative effects on human health, the environmental, …

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NBS BENEFIT#48: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

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The primary responses to climate change are mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation actions tackle the causes of climate change and adaptation actions address the impacts. Although these are separate strategies with different challenges, both are necessary to help reduce the negative effects of climate change. [1,2] Table 1. Climate change mitigation and adaptation Climate Change Measure …

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